Chalcididae

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 344-345

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11143538

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scientific name

Chalcididae
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Key to genera of Chalcididae View in CoL View at ENA of Goa, India

1. Hind tibia obliquely truncated at the apex and with one spur ( Figure 53 View Figure 53–65 ).................. 2

– Hind tibia perpendicularly truncated at the apex and with two spurs ( Figure 54 View Figure 53–65 ) ... 5

2. Head with two projecting horns ( Figure 58 View Figure 53–65 ) ............................................................................. 3

– Head without projecting horns ( Figure 59 View Figure 53–65 )................................................................................ 4

3. Head below the apex of each horn without distinct additional teeth in lateral view ( Figure 82 View Figure 80–96 ); scutellum with median impuctate strip ( Figure 86 View Figure 80–96 ).... .... Dirhinus Dalman

– Head below the apex of each horn with distinct additional teeth in lateral view ( Figure 83 View Figure 80–96 ); scutellum without median impuctate strip ( Figure 87 View Figure 80–96 )...................................... .............................................................................................................................. Eniacomorpha Girault

4. Gaster with long slender petiole; petiole with longitudinal carinae ( Figures 34, 36 View Figure 31–36 ).... ................................................................................................................................... Epitranus Fabricius

– Gaster sessile without distinct petiole ( Figures 20, 22, 24 View Figure 19–24 , 26, 28)......................................... ............................................................................................................................. Brachymeria Cameron

5. Fore wing with marginal vein removed from wing margin; post-marginal vein absent, stigmal vein short ( Figure 60 View Figure 53–65 ).......................................................................................................... 6

– Fore wing with marginal vein at wing margin; post-marginal vein present; stigmal vein well developed ( Figure 61 View Figure 53–65 ) ..................................................................................................... 7

6. Clava with oblique segmentation ( Figure 62 View Figure 53–65 )...................... Indoinvreia Roy and Farooqi

– Clava with normal segmentation ( Figure 63 View Figure 53–65 )..................... ..................... Psilochalcis Kieffer

7. Scutellum greatly bulging in lateral view ( Figure 52 View Figure 49–52 )........................................ Uga Girault

– Scutellum normal in lateral view ( Figure 46 View Figure 43–48 )............................................................................. 8

8. Hind tibia with an additional carina externally ( Figure 55 View Figure 53–65 ) ................................................. 9

– Hind tibia without additional carina externally ( Figure 54 View Figure 53–65 ).............................................. 10

9. Hind femur on ventral margin with a prominent dent followed by a comb of teeth ( Figure 56 View Figure 53–65 ).................................................................................................................. Neochalcis Kirby

– Hind femur on ventral margin without a prominent dent ( Figure 55 View Figure 53–65 )................................ .................................................................................................................................... Haltichella Spinola

10. Frons with preorbital carina, behind anterior ocellus to inner margin of eyes; scrobe deep ( Figure 64 View Figure 53–65 )................................................................................................................................. 11

– Frons without preorbital carinae; scrobe shallow ( Figure 65 View Figure 53–65 )....... ....... Hockeria Walker

11. Hind femur either uni- or bilobed ( Figure 54 View Figure 53–65 ); transverse carina distinct........................... ................................................................................................................................. Antrocephalus Kirby

– Hind femur trilobed ( Figure 57 View Figure 53–65 ); transverse carina indistinct or developed laterally..... ................................................................................................................ Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre

Taxonomic account of Chalcididae of Goa, India

Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883

Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883: 54 , 63. Type species: Halticella fascicornis Walker ; designated by Kirby (1883)

Coelochalcis Cameron, 1904: 110 . Type species: Coelochalcis carinifrons Cameron , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Narendran (1986))

Dilla Strand, 1911: 210 . Type species: Antrocephalus rufipes Kieffer , by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953))

Stomatoceroides Girault, 1913b: 140 . Type species: Stomatoceroides bicolour Girault , by original designation. (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Metarretocera Girault, 1927: 325 . Type species: Metarretocera bursi Girault , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Tainania Masi, 1929: 159 . Type species Tainania acutiventris Masi , by original designation (synonymised by Narendran, 1977 with Antrocephalus )

Sabatiella Masi, 1929c: 167–168 . Type species: Sabatiella nigra Masi , by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Habu (1960))

Stomatocerella Girault, 1930 : [4]. Type species: Stomatocerella anna Girault , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Uxa Girault, 1930: 4 . Type species Stomatoceroides clariscapus Dodd , by original designation [synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)]

Dillisca Ghesquière, 1946: 367 . Replacement name for Dilla Strand considered to be preoccupied by Dila Fisher de Waldheim (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953))

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Chalcididae

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